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* Focus the nation coming up! Check it out [http://www.ecohusky.uconn.edu/focusthenation.htm here] | * Focus the nation coming up! Check it out [http://www.ecohusky.uconn.edu/focusthenation.htm here] | ||
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Revision as of 16:28, 29 January 2008
We are a newly established committee within the GSA. We meet on Mondays at 4:30 pm in the Grad Lounge. Our goal is to coordinate with EcoHusky and improve the environmental impact of UConn in general - but the thing we want to start with is improving our own department!
Our current agenda:
- in cooperation with the T-shirt committee: EEB tote bags. check out the logo contest!
- audit of energy consumption for our buildings
- promoting public transportation and biking instead of driving
- promoting recycling and using reusable utensils
- putting a composting bucket in the grad lounge (people from EcoGarden have agreed to take our compostables)
- ...
Things YOU can do TODAY:
- Print and copy on both sides of the page
- Recycle all plastics labeled 1-7 in departmental bins
- Take the stairs, not the elevator
- Ride the bus/carpool
| Task | Volunteer |
|---|---|
| Get a bucket for composting | Maria Pickering |
| Elevator & Bathroom flyers | Karolina & Leah |
| Task 3 | Volunteer 3 |
| Task 4 | Volunteer 4 |
| Task 5 | Volunteer 5 |
| Task 6 | Volunteer 6 |
| Task 7 | Volunteer 7 |
| Task 8 | Volunteer 8 |
| Task 9 | Volunteer 9 |
| Task 10 | Volunteer 10 |
Soon we'll have a sign-up sheet here with things we want to get done in the near future,
and we'd like to encourage you to sign up for one or more of them!
Members:
Maria Pickering
Krissa Skogen
Maxi Polihronakis
Carrie Fyler
Amanda Wendt
Karolina Fučíková
others are welcome
Upcoming Stuff:
- Our first meeting of the semester: Wednesday Jan. 30th, 5pm in the TLS 315. Agenda: figure out a permanent meeting time and discuss plans for the spring semester. Dan Britton is coming to talk about the UConn COOP's plan to get rid of plastic bags & how we can contribute to that. And other stuff...
- Willimantic Commuters--take advantage of the carpooling options! Susan Letcher, among others, is offering rides on a regular basis. Also, the 8:30 bus still exists!!!
- Focus the nation coming up! Check it out here
